- Jan 1 1st US college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago
Gregory Conquers Julius Caesar
Jan 1 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
Music History
Jan 3 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's final opera "Iolanta", is first performed outside of Russia in Hamburg, Germany
Historic Event
Jan 6 The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
- Jan 13 British Independent Labour Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader)
- Jan 13 U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
- Jan 17 -17°F (-27°C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
- Jan 17 Queen Liliuokalani is deposed by an American coup, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
- Jan 17 Franco-Russian Alliance is signed
Theater Premiere
Jan 19 Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin
